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be fined not less than the sum of two hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, or shall be sentenced to confinement
in the House of Correction for a term of not less than six
months; and in any such case the boat or vessel used by him
shall be forfeited, and may be condemned, in the discretion of
the judge or justice of the peace, in the manner provided in
Section 31. All persons taking or catching oysters under
the provisions of this Article shall exhibit their authority for
so doing when required by any officer of the oyster police force,
or other officers of the State.

6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take
or catch oysters in the waters of Queen Anne's, Talbot,
Anne Arundel and Dorchester Counties, or in the waters of
Kent County, exclusive of Swan Point Bar. or within one and
a half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point,
Thomas' Point, Holland's Island Bar and Three Sisters and
Holland's Point Bar with any implement or device other than
ordinary rakes and tongs with wooden shafts, to be used entirely
by hand, and without any ropes or hoisting gear whatever.
Any person or persons violating any one of the provisions of
this section shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in the
preceding section for taking oysters with rakes or tongs without
license; and the waters within one and a half miles of Sandy
Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point, Thomas' Point, Hol-
land's Island Bar and Three Sisters and Holland's Point Bar
shall be held and considered to be within the limits of Anne
Arundel County for the purpose of this section and Article.

7. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take
or catch oysters in the waters of the Patuxent River above
or north of a line drawn from the north side of Kourkles
Creek in St. Mary's County to the southeast side of the mouth
of Hungerford Creek in Calvert County, with any implement
or device other than ordinary rakes and. tongs with wooden
shafts, to be used entirely by hand, and without any ropes
or hoisting gear whatever. Any person or persons violating
any one of the provisions of this section shall be liable
to the penalties prescribed in section 5 for taking oysters with
rakes and tongs without license; nothing in this section affect
offences committed in whole or in part before March 20, 1910,
nor pending prosecution for past offences.

27. Any master or person in charge of any vessel who shall
violate any of the provisions of Sections 22 and 24, by taking
oysters unlawfully shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace or any court
of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars